Хотинська-Нор, О.ЗО.ЗХотинська-Нор2026-06-182026-06-182016-06-11Хотинська-Нор, О. (2016). Transparency of judicial system and advocacy as factor of formation of society’s civil consciousness. Вісник кримінального судочинства(2), 176–182.https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/24143The article deals with the investigation of the impact of the judicial system development on theevolution of social consciousness through the prism of such its feature as transparency.It is stated that as multifaceted phenomenon, in general transparency reflects certain level of thedevelopment of political institutions and public law. At the same time, its appearing fixes certain lackof institutional quality.While analyzing existent scientific approaches to the determination of transparency of the judicialpower the author concluded that it is an instrument, which provides society with information aboutfunctioning of the judicial system in general and its institutions in particular. Therefore, transparencyof the judicial power as a certain instrument performs informational function. The author also formedits other functions, among which there are educational, preventive, stimulating, communicative, protective, public control.To sum up, the author concluded that transparency of the judicial system is based on informational component, which is determinative one, since fundamental integral feature of information isrepresented by the possibility to impact on a human’s mentality as a bearer and an element of social structure of society. Therefore, transparency of the judicial system provides formation of ideas,knowledge, thoughts, ideas and theories about functioning of the judicial power in society, as well aspromotes the rise of the level of citizens’ awareness about their rights and duties, ways and mechanisms of the protection of rights and interests, legitimacy of actions of individuals and upbringing of legal culture in society. Correspondingly, while developing in this direction the judicial system influences on the evolution of civil consciousness of society as a precondition for the formation of civil societyУ статті досліджується вплив розвитку судової системи та адвокатури на еволюцію суспільної свідомості крізь призму такої характеристики, як транспарентність. Зроблено висновок, що основою транспарентності судової системи є інформаційна складова, яка є визначальною для формування в суспільстві уявлень, знань, поглядів про функціонування судової системи, що сприяє вихованню його правової культури.ukjudicial systemadvocacytransparencycivil consciousnessinformationjudical reformсудова системаадвокатуратранспарентністьсуспільна свідомістьінформаціясудова реформаСтаття